2 w. ago Graduate, 25, found stabbed to death in ditch as lies of killer, 84, exposed

Creative university graduate Mary Schlais was killed on her way to an art show and the only clue was a hat left behind at the crime scene with no explanation until 50 years later

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann suspect ‘told police questions about him can never be answered’

‘Was I or my vehicle clearly seen near the crime scene on the night of the crime?’ the man reportedly wrote

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3 w. ago Escort found beheaded after fearing for her life as suspect says 'she blackmailed me'

Police discovered an escort who was beheaded near an abandoned farmhouse – with part of her body completely burned – miles away from the scene of the crime buried in brambles

Politics

3 w. ago Trump vows revenge on Boulder terror attack suspect as police make chilling crime scene discovery: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, is accused of setting at least eight pro-Israel demonstrators alight in a 'targeted terror attack' in Boulder, Colorado on Sunday.

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3 w. ago Crime scene catharsis: how a darkly comic video game and TV show turned me into a murder clean

Slinging bodies into a pickup as Kovalsky in Crime Scene Cleaner reminded me of Greg Davies in The Cleaner – there is something grimly satisfying about death’s aftermathLately I’ve been playing a new job sim game, Crime Scene Cleaner, while also watching BBC’s comedy series The Cleaner, both of which focus on the aftermath of gruesome murders – sometimes you just need some cosy viewing to take the edge off the day. In the TV show, Greg Davies plays Wicky, the acerbic employee of a government-endorsed clean-up company, while Crime Scene Cleaner’s lead character Kovalsky is a lowly janitor, mopping up blood and disposing of trash to cover up for a mob boss named Big Jim.The crime scenes in both are laughably over the top. Or are they? I’ve never actually seen a real-life murder scene, so perhaps copious blood sprayed over walls and ceilings and the masses of broken furniture is completely normal. Continue reading...

Culture

3 w. ago ‘We need new numbers’: Comedian David Cross cracks jokes to spread climate crisis awareness

The Emmy award winning comic teams up with renowed scientist Michael Oppenheimer for a new video campaignDavid Cross is many things: a famed comic, an Emmy award winner, and a New York Times bestseller. But he is not a climate scientist.That fact might make him the perfect person to communicate the urgency of global heating to mass audiences. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago US immigration authorities collecting DNA information of children in criminal database

Collection of migrants’ DNA has increased by 5,000% in three years in a ‘massive expansion of genetic surveillance’US immigration authorities are collecting and uploading the DNA information of migrants, including children, to a national criminal database, according to government documents released earlier this month.The database includes the DNA of people who were either arrested or convicted of a crime, which law enforcement uses when seeking a match for DNA collected at a crime scene. However, most of the people whose DNA has been collected by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), the agency that published the documents, were not listed as having been accused of any felonies. Regardless, CBP is now creating a detailed DNA profile on migrants that will be permanently searchable by law enforcement, which amounts to a “massive expansion of genetic surveillance”, one expert said. Continue reading...

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